Stephen A. Smith has embraced needling the Dallas Cowboys and their fans as a recurring bit and the franchise has provided him ample opportunity to do so in recent years. The face of ESPN pushed quite hard for the Cowboys to hire Deion Sanders but Jerry Jones instead opted to go the very boring route with Brian Schottenheimer.

Stephen A. Smith was on ‘First Take,’ criticizing Jerry Jones’ hiring of Brian Schottenehimer as Dallas Cowboys head coach.

On Thursday, Jones made an appearance on SiruisXM’s NFL Radio where he discussed the Schottenheimer hire in further detail, and he made clear that the 29-year championship game drought is something that weighs heavily on him and the rest of the Cowboys brass. Or, at least, Jones made clear he’s aware that it exists.

The Dallas Cowboys' decision to hire Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach remains puzzling, and team ownership hasn't done much to inspire the fanbase with the hire. Schottenheimer's introductory press conference on Monday was dominated with weird quotes and rants from Jerry and Stephen Jones,

The Dallas Cowboys introduced Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach on Monday. While Schottenheimer injected a semblance of confidence into fans with his calculated answers, Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones tarnished all of it in the hour-plus press conference.

In order to move forward and see where your Cowboys might be headed years from now, we must first look back. The local team was actually just one of four to unveil a new coach Monday, but their announcement was the only one that came with an intermission.

Jerry Jones is emotional about the Cowboys’ new head coaching hire, optimistic about big wins and a bright future ahead. Will Schottenheimer be the right move?